Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1887-06-03

st. Paul company Nils this Dill. Ii you
want to know how it treated farmers OF
the Missouri Slope last year, read the
"ad' headed "Hail Insurance" first col.
umn, fourth page.
Little Miss Ollie Worst was thrown
from her pony Sunday by the saddle
girth breaking while the pony was going
at fast gallop. She was considerably
bruised. and it was only through sheer
good luck that she was not seriously in.
jured.
District Attorney Armstrong has his
new pony pretty well broken now to har-
ness and the Dandy road-wagon. At
first, when hitched up, the animal was
rather inclined to file oross-bill; but as
soon as he struck the Southwest Trail,
with which he was familiar, he went right
along.
One of our popular young lady farmers
not long ago thought she would embark
in the poultry business. and raise lot of
chickens. She concluded that an even
dozen of eggs per day would be enough
for the table and to set. So she sent to
Bismarck and bought-six hens and six
roosters.
The Sterling people are fortunate In
having secured, in Miss A. r. Reynolds,
an able and painstaklng teacher. She
had been connected with high-school
work in Iowa for thirteen years. and came
to the Northwest to secure lighter labor
aud also to obtain one of Uncle Sam 8
free farms.
A robust young man last spring came
out from the East under contract with
a North Dakota farmer to work all sum-
mer. "from sun-up to sunset" He man.
aged to stick it out, and at the end of his
time returned home and obtained prof
liable engagement as The Living Skele-
ton. in a dime museum.
The pleasant face of Assessor Haak has
become familiar to the people of Will
iamsport neighborhood during the past
week. The other day he called at the
RECORD office and proceeded to invoice
our diamonds, stocks, bonds. etc. Mr..
Haak does his assessment work in thor
ough and businesslike manner.
It has been long time since the Will
Transport ceuntry--or rather the people
thereof--has had a dance. But we are
now able to announce that a dancing
party will take place this (Friday) evsn-
ing at the Fielden Schoolhouse. Every
body and his best girl (married or single)
should be present, as a very pleasant time
is anticipated.
"a friend showed us pronounced case
of grammatical stringhalt in one of the
REcoRD's sentences last week. Well,
what of lt' Does any one expect US to
give No. Hard, Climax Brand. Liudley
Murray grammar with "a small but re.
spectacle minority" of our subscribers in
arrears? Nay, naYl But just wait until
they all pay up. and We'll buld our SEN
tences in way to make the ghost of the
late Mr.. Murray frantic with joy. Just
wait
Not long ago the writer was coming
from Buchanan, and a few hundred yards
this side of the postoffice at that point
he met Alva W. Scofield, marching along
as he was wont to do when keeping step
to the rattle of the drum. (Which wayY'
said the scribe. "Well, I've been stop
ping at Mr.. Tlghe's but I'm on my way
home now." AS Alva' home is IN the Dan
bury neighborhood, it was evident he was
going directly away from it. Further in
quiry developed the fact that Mr.. s. had
got as far on his way home as the Denham
ranch, from which he made straight
shoot for the Kalberer schoolhouse
then, by a semicircular curve, he brought
up at Buchanan, four miles the wrong
the prairie with which he is not familiar
man can get lost and not half try.
Week before last notice was given in
these columns that good horse had ar
rived in the Williamsport country, and
that places and dates would be given the
succeeding week. Since last issue several
farmers have called to. obtain the where
fore of our failure to sopublish. The said
failure is on the part OF the owner, who
has not called to whisper the desired in.
formation in our ear. In fact, it is be-
lleved that the aforesaid owner tried to
palm off straw in lieu of hay on the un-
suspectlng quadruped. and the infuriated
animal ate him up. This supposition is
strengthened by the fact that the gentle
man has not been seen here for two
weeks. However, as excuse for our fail
ure to publish, we plead, in the language
of Virgil, mon studhorsium informa.
tionem."
In last column. fourth page, may be
found notice for an election on June 81
IN Wllllamsport School Township. Tues.
day, according to the new law, the school
board met and divided the township into
four sub -districts-one for each school.
One director is to be elected by the voters
of each district, and the electors Of the
whole township choose the treasurer,
The board thus elected appoint their
clerk. Women having charge of children
of school age are entitled to vote. Here
tof0re at elections some of our citizens
have shown up at the wrong polling
place but with the map given of the
districts (the area of each being marked
by heavier lines). and description of the
boundaries as well, certainly this time all
voters can find their proper polling places
without trouble.
G~1f the weather clerk had made con-
tract last fall with the people of the Mis-
souri, Slope to insure them a good crop,
he could not have provided better brand
of weather than he has furnished up to
the present. It has been and is absolutely
and unquahfiedly perfect for grain
raising. The ground is still thoroughly
soaked, showers are of frequent occur.
renee, the weather lately has Been contin.
uously cool, and, III consequence, grain is
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